no idea how to partition correctly...
I'm a complete noob. I want to install Ubuntu on my ASUS Zenbook UX31E but I don't know how to partition windows7/ubuntu...I have a 128gb ssd and 4gb ram. Say I won't be using Windows *that*...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu not shown for selection while booting.
Hi All, I am new to ubuntu , i installed ubuntu from usb drive. when i restart my laptop ,there is no menu for OS selection. as per the information available in website i used Boot Repair tool but...
View Article[ubuntu] [SOLVED] Temporary failure resolving gb.archive.ubuntu.com
Hello All I keep getting the above error message whenever I try to install or update. I managed to install packages a few hours ago. Is there anything I can check or change to make sure it's not a...
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[ubuntu] How to install windows 8 along side of Ubuntu 13.04?
Hi, I brought new dell laptop which is pre-installed of 12.04, I upgraded it to 13.04. I need some work which will be only available in windows OS. So I plan to install Windows OS in my laptop as a...
View ArticleInstall ATI Catalyst Control centre
Hi, im using ubuntu 12.04 64bit, ATI RAdeon HD 5400 I installed the proprietary graphics driver as described here: http://www2.ati.com/relnotes/catalys..._installer.pdf I used the "Generate...
View ArticleHelp with downloading/installing a lightweight ubuntu.
Dear Ubuntu forum, I am a beginner who is deciding to switch my laptop from Puppy Linux, a lightweight distro, to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS so that I can have the same OS that my University uses. One thing that...
View ArticleInstall Ubuntu over top of win 8 on Dell Inspiron 15 3521 i5 4g ram radeon gpu
Hey Everyone I am trying to install Ubuntu on my dell inspiron 3521 instead of win 8. When I put the 12.04 lts (to be safe) version on there, the screen goes black with fuzzy white pattern at top half...
View ArticleSystem only boots on second boot attempt
How do I trace the boot process and error logs? Whenever I first start my laptop the grub menu comes up and the timer countdown will choose the first entry which is Kubuntu 13.04. It will attempt to...
View Article[ubuntu] Ubuntu 13.04 installation problem via PXE: installer can't find live...
Hi, I'm trying to setup PXE boot server for automatic ubuntu installation across several machines. I followed this tutorial(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PXEInstallServer); I shared contents of...
View ArticleIs external partitioning needed?
I'm a noob and I want to install Ubuntu in my Samsung np300e5c laptop. I've already used Ubuntu installed via wubi, but now I want to try it for real. I've already read some tutorials, and in the...
View Article[ubuntu] Software update breaks NVDIA graphics
Running Ubuntu 12.04.2LTS, GNU/Linux 3.2.0-51-generic x86_64, with NVIDIA GTX 275 board. Today I routinely hit the "install up-dates" button in Update-Manager, without paying much attention to what was...
View Article[SOLVED] Ubuntu 13.04 Grub Prevents BIOS setup and USB boot
Hello everyone, I have been recentlty adventuring myself with the installation of Ubuntu in an HP Pavilion Sleekbook 14. I had successfully installed Ubuntu 12.04 in it (creating a UEFI partition with...
View ArticleInvalid arch independent elf magic
Hi, I had Kubuntu 12.04 installed alongside Windows 7, and decided to replace Kubuntu with Xubuntu 13.04. In the installer I had to manually remove the Kubuntu partition and create a new one for...
View Article[ubuntu] Can't get Ubuntu 13.04 (dualboot Win8) to boot
I installed Ubuntu alongside with Windows 8 but after I restart it just boots directly into Windows. I did a boot repair twice but it didn't solve the problem. Here is the dump bin of the repair...
View Articleno permission to casper-rw (larger than 4gb persistent usb drive)
After failing to do a full install of ubuntu onto USB, I decided to create a persistent drive instead. (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164732) I followed these instructions online: Quote:...
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installation problem
Hello ubuntu users! Once upon a time I had only one OS - ubuntu. And I was happy.The life was good. But one week ago I decided to have windows 7 dual boot. So I've installed win7 x64 and now i have the...
View ArticleUbuntu 11.10
My uncle is having a laptop which is running on Ubuntu 11.10. Can i copy the setup files of Ubuntu 11.10 from my uncle's laptop and install Ubuntu 11.10 on my PC. Also explain me how to get that setup...
View Article[ubuntu] Will Gnome 3 automatically move over if I upgrade Ubuntu [from 12.10...
I am ready to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04, but I am reluctant due to that I don't know weather Gnome 3 will still work automatically on 13.04. So, the question is...will Gnome 3 still work as...
View ArticleInstall Ubuntu 13.04 dual boot Windows 8 with uefi
Hi. I want install ubuntu 13.04 on my pc with motherboard asus p9x79(uefi). My pc have two hard disk, the first is ssd samsung with 128gb of space, second is western digital with 2tb of space. Some...
View ArticleInstallation goes nowhere-I'm really puzzled
I've attempted to install 12.04 to an existing W7 computer. It goes through the entire process, timezone, keyboard, name, password, installing programs etc, etc. When complete, says 'need to reboot'....
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